University of Maryland Program

Program Identity & Fit

University of Maryland's Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery residency is an academic, tertiary/quaternary program anchored at UMMC, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, with additional training at the Baltimore VA Medical Center and R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the nation's busiest trauma center, plus community-based exposure at UMMC-Midtown. The curriculum builds toward progressive chief-resident autonomy across every ENT subspecialty, with physician extenders deliberately absorbing lower-yield tasks to preserve resident educational time. Research is structurally embedded via a fully protected four-month PGY-3 research block (departmental labs, NIH, external labs, or clinical research), and the program funds national meeting travel for residents presenting departmental work, signaling genuine scholarly investment. The three-resident-per-year size, veteran and trauma-heavy caseload, and holistic no-minimum-score screening suggest a program valuing broad surgical exposure and individualized growth over rigid metrics.